megan and charlie, over to you. >>> cautiously optimistic. that's what doctors are saying about the treatment to former president george h.w. bush. he's in an intensive care unit at a houston hospital this morning. he was admitted sunday for persistent fever. that fever is what kept the president in the hospital during christmas and doctors have put him now on a liquids only diet. >>> well, they have five days to come up with an agreement. the president and congress are now back in d.c. but that doesn't mean there's any hope for real hope of avoiding the fiscal cliff. congressional officials say they don't have any significant strides to a compromise. it didn't happen during the long christmas break and there are no negotiations currently on the books. without an agreement, automatic tax increases for everyone and deep spending cuts specifically to defense will go into effect on january 1st. the main dispute remains over who are you going to tax and how much. >>> three minutes after 6:00 right now. and get ready to gamble all hours of the nig